Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Classification of Teachings – the Difficult and Easy Paths
淨宗判教 – 難易二道判
The Pure Land School is called the Path of Easy Practice. Apart from the Pure Land School, none of the other schools and sects could be said to be the Path of Easy Practice. They belong to the Path of Difficult Practice. This is how Nagarjuna Bodhisattva classified the Bodhisattva teachings.
The reason why Pure Land teaching is the Path of Easy practice is because of the 18th Vow, which is its origin. If there were no 18th Vow, there would be no genuine Pure Land School. So, it is only the 18th Vow that is the source for the creation of the Pure Land School.
淨土宗稱為「易行道」,除了淨土宗之外,其他各宗各派都不能稱為易行道, 都是難行道,這是龍樹菩薩判教之所在。
淨土法門之所以稱為易行道,是由於有第十八願,以第十八願為根源。如果沒有第十八願, 也就沒有真正的淨土宗。所以唯有第十八願,才是淨土宗立教開宗的根源。
Namo Amituofo!
